also: じだい · じしろ
land rent; ground rent
Refers to rent paid for the use of land, as opposed to rent for a building (家賃). Common in legal, real estate, and economic contexts.
The land rent for this plot is 50,000 yen per month.
We negotiated about the increase in land rent.
land and house rent expenses
Standard kanji spelling with the common reading ちだい.
Alternate reading じだい is less common; learners should prefer ちだい.
Obsolete kana reading じしろ; not used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 地 (chi, 'land') and 代 (dai, 'charge' or 'fee'). The reading ちだい is the standard modern form.